Lucas 8
Athanasius of Alexandria · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Lucas 8:32-33
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (de vita Anton.) But if they have no power over swine, the evil spirits have much less against men who are made after the image of God. We ought then to fear God alone, but despise them. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 8:50
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (Orat. in Pass. et Crucem. Dom. 4.) Our Lord requires faith from those who invoke Him, not because He needs the assistance of others, (for He is both the Lord and Giver of faith,) but not to seem to bestow His gifts according to His acceptance of persons, He shows that He favours those who believe, lest they should receive benefits without faith, and lose them by unbelief. For when He bestows a favour, He wishes it to last, and when He heals, the cure to remain undisturbed. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas